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US President Donald Trump participates in a Diwali Celebration

As war approaches fourth year

Trump says doesn't want 'wasted' meeting with Putin

Sarkozy walked out of his home with his wife, the singer Carla Bruni

Five years starting on Tuesday

French ex-president Sarkozy enters prison after funding conviction

US Vice President JD Vance is expected to meet Israeli leaders including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday

Fragile ceasefire

JD Vance voices 'great optimism' for Gaza truce on Israel visit

President Gustavo Petro had a meeting with US Charge d'Affaires John McNamara

Following public feud

Colombia, US vow to improve anti-drug strategy amid Trump-Petro feud

The publication of Virginia Giuffre's book has refocused attention on the Epstein saga in both Britain and the US

Topping bestseller list

Virginia Giuffre memoir goes on sale, piling pressure on Prince Andrew

Sandiford, a grandmother, was sentenced to death on the island of Bali in 2013 after she was convicted of trafficking drugs

Drug-related crimes

Indonesia to repatriate British grandmother on death row in drug case

Parliament votes to introduce single European driving licence

Parliamentary debate

Luxembourg's farmers will not lose out under new agricultural policy, EU commissioner insists

Staunch conservative Sanae Takaichi is set to become Japan's first woman prime minister

To be confirmed Tuesday

PM Sanae Takaichi, Japan's Iron Lady 2.0

Drones 'made in Luxembourg'

Government moves in on national defence manufacturing

Morning Roundup

Deadly tornado near Paris, Sarkozy begins jail sentence, and new Grand Ducal couple's first official foreign trips announced

One dead and eight injured in severe storm in Val-d'Oise department

Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in the war-damaged area surrounding Gaza City's port on October 20, 2025

Fickle deal implementation

Trump warns Hamas not to breach Gaza deal as Vance heads to Israel

US President Donald Trump (R) speaks with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in the Cabinet Room at the White House

Key ally against China

US, Australia sign rare earths deal as Trump promises submarines

Naoise O Caireallain (C) and Liam O'Hanna perform as members of Kneecap, the Northern Ireland hip-hop trio which is at the center of a free-speech row in Canada, where the band has been barred from entering

Criminalising symbols

Canada crime bill and rap group fracas spark free-speech debate

Chile is growing increasingly hostile to undocumented foreigners

Mass expulsions, border walls

Migrants brace for hostile climate after Chile's election

At the UN General Assembly in September, Colombian President Gustavo Petro called for a 'criminal process' against Donald Trump

Colombia recalls ambassador to US as Trump-Petro feud intensifies

An inflatable nuclear missile balloon installed for a protest by the group Global Zero in Washington on April 1, 2016

Placed on enforced leave

US begins sending nuke workers home as shutdown drags

Heavy machinery began tearing down a section of the East Wing of the White House as construction commenced on President Donald Trump’s planned ballroom

After Oval Office and Rose Garden

Trump demolishes part of White House for new ballroom

US President Donald Trump speaks as Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese looks on in the Cabinet Room at the White House

Awkward meeting

Trump to Australian ambassador: 'I don't like you either'

Former Colombian president Alvaro Uribe, pictured while attending an event in New York in 2022, was convicted in August 2025 on bribery and fraud charges

12-year sentence

Colombia awaits ruling on ex-president Uribe's house arrest

Bolivia's President-elect Rodrigo Paz wants to reinstate diplomatic ties with Washington

Reclaiming international position

Bolivia's president-elect says will resume ties with US after nearly two decades

The war in Gaza has devastated much of the territory

Despite weekend strikes

US envoys meet Israel's Netanyahu after Gaza violence

The Vatican confirmed that Pope Leo had an audience the ECA without saying what was discussed

'Zero tolerance' role

Pope Leo holds first meeting with abuse survivors' group

Update – Prime, Snapchat, and more

Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage

Going against the grain

MEP Kartheiser meets with senior Russian politician, proposes regular talks

The border crossings remained closed following deadly violence between Afghanistan and Pakistan

Week of violence

'People can breathe': hope for peace on Afghan-Pakistan border

US President Donald Trump says leftist President Gustavo Petro is doing nothing to stop cocaine production despite 'large scale payments and subsidies from the USA'

US announces attack on Colombia rebel group boat as Trump ends aid

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